2010 - year in photos

Italy -- A supporter of Serbian soccer team burns an Albanian flag before the Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, 12Oct2010 - A supporter of Serbia's soccer team burns an Albanian flag before the Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa October 12, 2010. The match was suspended after just six minutes and was likely to be abandoned on Tuesday when away fans threw flares onto the pitch and at Italian fans. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) POTW41 10poty

13 Italy -- A supporter of Serbian soccer team burns an Albanian flag before the Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, 12Oct2010 - A supporter of Serbia's soccer team burns an Albanian flag before the Euro 2012 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Serbia at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa October 12, 2010. The match was suspended after just six minutes and was likely to be abandoned on Tuesday when away fans threw flares onto the pitch and at Italian fans. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) POTW41 10poty

Afghanistan -- A worker sorts ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations, at counting center in Kandahar province, 16Sep2010 - An Afghan worker sorts ballot boxes be distributed to polling stations, at counting center in Kandahar province, September 16, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) potw37 10poty

14 Afghanistan -- A worker sorts ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations, at counting center in Kandahar province, 16Sep2010 - An Afghan worker sorts ballot boxes be distributed to polling stations, at counting center in Kandahar province, September 16, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) potw37 10poty

Iran -- A display long-range surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile is pictured in front of a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran, 23Sep2010 - IRAN, Tehran : A display long-range surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile is pictured in front of a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a main square outside the parliament building in southern Tehran on September 23, 2010 as the Islamic republic marks the "Sacred Defence Week", which commemorates its 1980-88 bloody war with Iraq. AFP PHOTO/ BEHROUZ MEHRI POTW38 10POTY

15 Iran -- A display long-range surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile is pictured in front of a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran, 23Sep2010 - IRAN, Tehran : A display long-range surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile is pictured in front of a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a main square outside the parliament building in southern Tehran on September 23, 2010 as the Islamic republic marks the "Sacred Defence Week", which commemorates its 1980-88 bloody war with Iraq. AFP PHOTO/ BEHROUZ MEHRI POTW38 10POTY

Saudi Arabia -- A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca, 09Nov2010 - A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY POTW45 10poty

16 Saudi Arabia -- A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca, 09Nov2010 - A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY POTW45 10poty